{"id":3574,"date":"2018-03-09T12:36:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arctictrucks.co.uk\/?p=3574"},"modified":"2018-05-03T08:15:40","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T08:15:40","slug":"cycling-to-the-south-pole-a-world-first-record-book-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arctictrucks.com\/uae\/2018\/03\/09\/cycling-to-the-south-pole-a-world-first-record-book-3\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Cycling to the South Pole &#8211; A world first record&#8217; book"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; equal_height=&#8221;yes&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_type=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; 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<\/div><\/div><div class=\"video-texture \"> <span class=\"ie-fix\"><\/span> <\/div><\/div> <!--\/swiper-slide--><\/div><div class=\"nectar-slider-loading \"> <span class=\"loading-icon none\">   <\/span> <\/div> <\/div> \n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;full_width_background&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;20&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_color=&#8221;#322c29&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_divider_height=&#8221;100&#8243; shape_type=&#8221;tilt_alt&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243; 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full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; scene_position=&#8221;center&#8221; text_color=&#8221;light&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; top_padding=&#8221;2.5%&#8221; bottom_padding=&#8221;20&#8243; overlay_strength=&#8221;0.3&#8243; shape_divider_color=&#8221;#322c29&#8243; shape_divider_position=&#8221;bottom&#8221; shape_divider_height=&#8221;100&#8243; shape_type=&#8221;tilt_alt&#8221;][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-8-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Maria Leijerstam, the first person to cycle to the South Pole, is now launching a book about her adventure. Four years ago Arctic Trucks undertook the support of her expedition. &#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:p|font_size:22|text_align:left|line_height:1.4&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]Cycling on snow can be a huge challenge, to cover extensive distances on a cycle in Antarctica looked impossible. Despite a few attempts no one had ever succeeded in reaching South Pole from the ice shelf on a bicycle. Arctic Trucks had already supported BBC program \u201cBlue Peter\u201d with Helen Skelton, skiing, kiting and bicycling 750km to the South Pole. From this experience we knew that cycling was not possible for most of the route unless following a hardened path from the vehicles.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;no-extra-padding&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;all&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]<span style=\"color: #2ac4ea;\"><b>IN BRIEF<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>White Ice Cycle \u2013 Antarctica 2013<\/p>\n<p>Maria Leijerstam approached Arctic Trucks in November 2012, planning to cycle solo to the South Pole from either Hercules inlet or the Ross Ice shelf.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=&#8221;in_container&#8221; full_screen_row_position=&#8221;middle&#8221; 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She was very eager to get started as the other two people that were also attempting this had started from Hercules Inlet a few weeks earlier. Maria was already suffering a bit from the flight to the pole and the altitude so we took off quickly from South Pole. 19 hours later we camped at the Ross Ice shelf.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=&#8221;padding-3-percent&#8221; column_padding_position=&#8221;right&#8221; background_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; background_hover_color_opacity=&#8221;1&#8243; column_shadow=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_radius=&#8221;none&#8221; width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; tablet_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; phone_text_alignment=&#8221;default&#8221; column_border_width=&#8221;none&#8221; column_border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;][vc_column_text]After a good night\u2019s sleep and rest, Maria could not wait and started cycling the 650 km back to South Pole. 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